>> bill: so i thought maybe we could like, lull ourselves to sleep with the sharks. got vacation next week. make it a great weekend everybody. martha: you will be like the shark, chilling out in the water. floating around. >> right now, brand new stories and breaking news for you. jon: another bombshell rocking the nsa. new reports reveal the intelligence agency violated privacy rules thousands of times since 2008. plus a "day of rage" sweeping across egypt today. at least 17 people dead already as thousands take to the streets in response to the bloody crack down early they are week that killed 600. and a new book blowing some holes in the age-old rules of pregnancy. are alcohol and caffeine really off limits? it's all "happening now."

jon: but we begin on this friday morning with stunning new developments in the nsa spying scandal. new reports the intelligence agency has broken privacy rules or overstepped its legal authority thousands of times each year since 2008. good morning to you, i'm jon scott. >> i'm allison cam rot tax in for general that lee. jon: mice to have you here. >> we have a lot of news, because details come from nsa leaker edward snowden. he shared them with the "washington post." we have infractions was unauthorized surveillance of u.s. citizens. >> a lot of what happens in the agency, even the nsa is reflection of the culture they see from the top and you have have a president and administration that revels going beyond the box, if you will, that they're limited to to by

law and i think that seeped all the way down into the nsa. jon: wendell goler is live in martha's vineyard where president obama is on vacation. any response from the administration, wendell? >> reporter: well, jon, the nsa says these are mistakes and while the number of them may seem large it is really a small percentage of the phone calls and emails the agency tracks. the information was contained in a 2012 audit as allison said, edward snowden leaked to "the washington post." when nsa make as mistake carrying out the foreign intelligence commission they report it earn certainly to federal overseers and aggressively gets to the bottom of it. the audit says the nsa decided not to tell the oversight staff about some data collection. that cast doubts that the president's assertion that the agency's vast abilities are not being misused. >> what you're not reading about

is the government actually abusing these programs and, you know, listening in on people's phone calls or inappropriately reading people's emails. what you're hearing about is the prospect of that these could be abused. >> reporter: now one of those mistakes involved tracking phone calls from washington, d.c. when an analyst mistakenly put in area code 202 instead of 20 which is the international code for egypt, jon. jon: didn't the president say the surveillance gets approved by a special court? >> reporter: he did but a separate story in the "washington post" indicates the court's ability to fact check the nsa requests is limited. it can't always catch mistakes. reporter carol leone spoke with our greta van susteren last night after interviewing the chief judge of the fisa court. >> the querying of the database of american's telephone and internet records involves

thousands of violations in a year's time and the court reasonably is saying that it has limitations on the extent to which it can police that and fact check the government claims. >> reporter: now the president has suggested one way to improve the process may be to put a civil liberty abouts advocate on the court to routinely challenge the nsa's requests. jon? jon: with the president, with the president in martha's vineyard, wendell goler. wend did he, thank you. >> fox news alert for you now because there are more deadly clashes in the streets in egypt. there are reports at least 17 people have died today alone. weaponses came they hereditary gas and gunfire in cairo. several protesters tried to set fire to a police station. this comes as tens of thousands of muslim brotherhood supporters hit the streets in defiance of the military orders. they are calling for a "day of

rage." egypt's military meanwhile, vowing to deal, quote, firmly with any violation of the law. even to use deadly force if necessary. leland vittert is live in our middle east bureau. what is the latest today, leland? >> reporter: ali, both sides appear to live up to their promises today. live pictures from cairo over the past couple hours since noon prayers ended in the middle east. tin of thousands of brotherhood supporters converge on a place called ramses square. the video coming out of this clearly shows among the protesters a number of muslim brotherhood gunmen who were firing. we heard of a number of government buildings being stormed and from there we have seen and heard reports of a number of people dead, bodies being brought in to various mosques. dozens if not hundreds of people injured. if history holds the numbers will continue to escalate throughout the day. the military allowed the march

to begin. what happened as it got to the square has changed drastically. the situation on the ground now is this. the military has said they have authorized the use of deadly force, live ammunition, not to only protect security officials, policemen, members of the army but now they say they will do it to protect any kind of government installation. the muslim brotherhood on the other hand has been sending people to the street, chanting with our blood and our souls we defend islam. that is setting up a very precarious religious war between the muslim brotherhood and largely secular army that could spiral out of control. we may be getting to that on the streets of cairo. >> as you know, leland, president obama spoke out about the situation in egypt yesterday. has the egyptian army changed any of he its stance since then? >> reporter: not at all. they seem to be incredibly defiant, they said the president's words were not based on facts and only embolden

violent terrorists. as if for proof of that, much of cairo is filled with tanks, armored personnel carriers, large areas of barbed-wire. the army has taken over control. interestingly much more of a military presence on the streets right now in much of cairo than what we saw during the coup about seven weeks ago. probably the best translation going forward of what's happening right now in cairo is martial law and the army is making it very clear they are willing to stop at nothing to restore calm as they put it to the streets of cairo, no matter how many dead people that may mean in those streets. ali. >> leland vittert, thanks for the update. we have some brand new video out of cairo we want to show our viewers right now. let's look what has come into your assignment desk, if we can. [gunfire]

[gunfire] >> jon, you can certainly see all the unrest and sound, popping sound of gunfire and other things there on the street. jon: reportedly the army has been authorized to use deadly force in this circumstance today. expected to be a pivotal day as the muslim brotherhood, the pro-morsi demonstrators continue to show displeasure with the army after ousting mohammed morsi a little more than a month ago. we'll continue to keep a watch on that situation and let you know if things decay even further in cairo. right now the republican national committee holding its annual summer meeting in boston. party leaders deciding how to

focus their message towards 2016 and an important vote will be held. molly line is live from boston. explain the vote to us, molly, and what it means. >> reporter: jon, this could be significant going forward into the 2016 election cycle. the rnc is very concerned about documentaries planned for hillary clinton and aired on cnn and nbc they would proposed to exclude those networks from the primary debates in the 2016 election cycle. share of the rnc, reince priebus said today's first step more productive debates for the candidates and voters as well. they actually sent a letter to those networks, nbc and ccn if they didn't drop plans to run these programs ahead of what many believe would be likely run for the white house for hillary clinton that this vote would take place. it has yet to take place this morning but it is expected to take place rather soon. just a few moments ago, mr. priebus actually got a standing ovation when he talked

about this. take a listen. >> that's why we said to the media, with a united voice, that a network that spends millions of dollars to spotlight hillary clinton, is a network with an obvious bias and that's a network that won't be hosting a single republican primary debate. [applause] >> reporter: mr. priebus believes now is the time to call out media bias. that's why they're taking this move and making this vote happen today. jon? jon: if they have it within the confines of our show, in the next couple of hours, get back to us. molly line, thank you. >> reporter: absolutely, thanks. >> another injury on the set of the broadway show, "spider-man," after the dark. a actor was rushed to a hospital with serious leg injury. firefighters say his leg got caught in a piece of equipment. the show was stopped.

theatergoers were sent home this. is latest of accidents in actors in the stunt-heavy production hurt or hospitalized. jon: a german tourist lucky to be alive after surviving a shark a attack. she was snorkeling 50-yards offshore maui with the shark bit her left arm, he is severing it below the shoulder. she was taken to the hospital. officials reopened the beach after finding no sign of that shark. >> the battle over obamacare could be closer to a showdown than you might think. how one key republican wants to defund the health care law despite what some of his colleagues are saying. actress lisa robin kelly from "that '70s show" has died. what her manager says killed her coming up.

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alisyn: here's some international headlines we're following for you right now. at least 20 two people were killed in a massive explosion in

lebanon. more than 300 were wounded. this car bombing happened yesterday afternoon in a suburb of beirut. it was the deadliest blast in the area in nearly three decades. strong earthquakes hitting central new zealand. magnitude 6.5 trembler striking first followed by at least six aftershocks. several homes were damaged as well as a bridge destroyed. no serious injuries were reported. in india divers recovering four severely burned bodies, sailors trapped inside of a submarine trapped by twin explosions near mumbai. they said it doubtful any of the other sailors survived. jon: texas senator ted cruz is ramping up his efforts to defund obamacare. if the colleagues shut down the government they could stop implementation the president's health care law. the constitution gives congress the power of the purse, the most

important check on an overreaching executive. now is the best chance we have to exercise the power in order to defund obamacare. it can be fund to pass the continuing resolution. a piece of legislation that funds the government and must be renewed by sent 30th. some say the legislation would be impossible to pass and wind up being disasterous for the gop. jamie weinstein is an editor for "the daily caller" and you had this exclusive email exchange with senator cruz. now he says this is not specifically a threat to shut down the government. he says, they're willing to vote or he suggests they vote to fund everything in the government except obamacare and dare the democrats, president obama, especially, to essentially force on the american people a program that cruz says they don't want. >> yes. this was an email exchange with our reporter alex pappas. cruz basically says it is now or never. if you don't try this strategy now, once the subsidies kick in

for obamacare you will never be able to get rid of it but the problem is, this seems like an almost impossible strategy. you have to imagine that a democratic senate will pass a house bill that defund obamacare. even if that happened, which is very hard to see in and of itself, president obama would sign away his signature domestic achievement, or signature achievement period over his presidency. its very hard to see how that happens, even if a government shutdown occurs, a crs report says that obamacare will largely continue to be funded through mandatory spending. so even at that point, even in a government shutdown you will still have obamacare largely go and be implemented. the question who will that hurt? at love people say it will hurt republicans. the media is likely to blame republicans for the shutdown. they will get the blame. charge of the light brigade strategy here, you're looking like you're fighting a good fight but there is almost no prospect of success. jon: there are many republican

who is disagree with the senator's approach and think that the republicans well-intentioned though they might be trying to stop this thing will get the blame if in fact the government shuts down. >> absolutely the media certainly unlikely to side with republicans on this and frankly, you know, the republicans have failed to stop the bill from packed in the first place. president obama was reelected. this is not really the way to stop bills like this. it's not been done before. ted cruz has been trying to say, for instance that if you don't, folks who defund obamacare you essentially support obamacare which is news to people like tom coburn who has been fighting obamacare for a long time who does not think this is a good strategy. jon: quickly, he makes the point, senator cruz does, no major program implemented in time has been then taken off the table. when subsidies kick in january 1, a lot of people will

get used to them. >> no question about it. very lard to get rid of obamacare, once it passes. this is almost a strategy with zero prospect of success. you hope once obamacare is implemented the individual exchanges will collapse and prices will skyrocket high. that will lead to a partial repeal of obamacare. you can push a delay of obamacare. i think there is some support of that. there is support for the public about that. this strategies doesn't seem to be a possibility. i don't see the president signing away his signature domestic achievement. jon: there were a lot of delays already implemented by the administration. jamie weinstein, thank you. >> thank you. alisyn: she is accused of lying to police and jurors about the murder of her husband outside her child's georgia preschool. the deliberation in the trial of andrea snyder man. our legal panel will break it down. egypt's "day of rage." a live picture what is happening there in cairo right now.

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[gunfire] [shouting] [gunfire] alisyn: you're looking at some new video just into our newsroom. it shows deadly violence on the streets of cairo. reports of at least 17 people killed today. tens of thousand of muslim

brotherhood supporters are engaging what they call a "day of rage." this is in response to a bloody crackdown by the military this week that left more than 600 people dead. kentucky republican senator rand paul is calling on president obama to cut off aid to egypt saying in a statement, while president obama, quote, condemns the violence in egypt his administration continues to send billions of taxpayer dollars to pay for it. the law is very clear. when a coup d'etat takes place, chaos only continues to grow in egypt. mr. president, stop skirting the issue, follow the law and cancel all foreign aid to egypt. we have a senior fellow at the cato institute and i joins us now. hi, doug. >> how are you doing? alisyn: doing well. it seems as though egypt is reaching a fever pitch today. why is today so critical for egypt? >> what we're seeing is the

strength of the muslim brotherhood after the crackdown yesterday. they're showing they still have organization. people are still willing to come out on the streets after hundreds of people have been killed. i think this shows that this is a long-term struggle. the military is not going to sweep these people away. we potentially are going to see months or longer of violence, struggle, potentially terrorism. it is a frightening prospect. alisyn: it sure is. also the military as we learned today has been authorized to use deadly force if they feel it necessary to use live ammunition and it was interesting, i was struck by a report that said the muslim brotherhood was instructed to go to friday prayers and then come out and be prepared for this "day of rage." so, go pray and then come out with your rage. this is obviously a very combustible combination. >> yeah, we see a real confrontation here. quite frankly neither side is particularly liberal. neither side is particularly friendly to the kind of values

america wants. that's a food reason for us to be out of it. because we can't back a military that is shooting people in the streets. but the brotherhood is not promoting democratic values either. it is really bad situation. alisyn: so what can the u.s. do? you say we should stay out of it. really? just sit on our hand? is that what we do as we watch 600 people now be killed? >> what we first have to do is recognize we have no leverage the administration talks as if we control events but we obviously don't. otherwise we wouldn't be in the situation. i think it is important for us to step back and make it clear we are not in control. to the extent we can promote and mediate and get a better solution, let's do so but we haven't had much success so far. let's have no illusions about our influence. alisyn: does our $1.5 billion of yearly aid give us any influence? what about senator rand paul was just saying quote that i read that it is time to cut that off? >> well he's right.

that is what u.s. law requires. so if you care about the law, the president really is required to do so but the other point is, if they know you're going to give them money you have no leverage. we have never cut the money off. what they have, you know, discovered this administration will ignore even u.s. law to keep the money flowing. so should they play the slightest attention to us. general asisi was interviewed bit "washington post" and he insulted american people and administration even while we were funding him. it shows we have no leverage unless we're willing to use it and cut it off. alisyn: i understand why cutting off the money would make us all feel better. why give money to, why give $1.5 billion to people who disrespect you but would it change anything over there if we stopped it? >> no but the point is giving isn't doing anything either. giving it to a military regime shooting people in the street

has a very ugly look to it especially where u.s. law requires a cutoff. senator rand paul is correct on this administration lawyers is came to the same decision. the administration paid clintonesque, we can ignore the reality so we'll not do anything. they aring violating the law. alisyn: coptic christians say they're specifically targeted. a dozen churches have been targeted. they have been burned. various christian homes have been vandalized. is this because the morsi supporters really think that the christians are not on their side or is this religious persecution? >> two things are going on, the coptic church long faced persecution. it faced persecution under the mubarak regime and the military. they're being blamed for taking sides of the military. they're being targeted by islamists. it is tragic and real awful situation there and i'm very

concerned where it is going. alisyn: as are we. doug, thank you so much for your insights. >> happy to be on. jon: new developments to tell you about in the battle over obamacare. the steps that republicans are now taking to try to replace it. also, "judge judy," you know her from tv. well now her son is suing a local sheriff in new york for $5 million. what he is accusing the sheriff of doing coming up. hello? [ friend ] hey can you be ready in about 1 hour? [ female announcer ] no time to plan? there's still time to whiten. new crest 3d white whitestrips 1 hour express. now, in just one hour you can have a noticeably whiter smile. new 1 hour whitestrips from crest. life opens up with a whiter smile.

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jon: jurors resuming deliberations in the andrea schneiderman trial today, one day after hearing closing arguments where both the defense and prosecution attacked each other's witnesses. schneiderman as we told you is accused of lying to police and jurors about the murder of her husband rusty. he was shot to death outside of their child's suburban atlanta preschool in 2010. the widow's former boss, newman was convicted in rusty's death. andrea has denied any involvement in the murder. also denied accusations that she had an affair with newman. >> i didn't know what happened to rusty until i got to the emergency room. >> we wouldn't even be here if she knew how to tell the truth. if you get asked a direct question by a police officer in america, and you lie, that's a crime. the first response to getting the news that something has

happened to her husband is not to call her mama, not to call her daddy. not to call rusty. not to call rusty's daddy. it is to call her sexual a hasser. really? jon: ashley merchant is a criminal defense attorney. fred tecce, a former federal prosecutor. it's an interesting case. basically was charged with lying in this case, with perjury. authorities originally wanted to bring charges against her in the murder case apparently fred, they just didn't have the evidence. >> no, no. jon: the prosecutor there was trying to make the point that for instance, the day after this guy was picked up for the murder, her former boss, she said, she claimed that she had gone to colorado on a trip alone. it turned out that she had gone with her former boss. that's what he was referring to. >> oops. jon: talking about her telling the truth. >> right. look, jon, i tell you what, when

i was assistant u.s. attorney, i was prosecuting a perjury case. i had to fight with my office to bring it against a faa official. they very, difficult cases to win. you have to show it is materially false statement. at end of the day this woman's husband was gunned down in front of her child's preschool. any person with a sled of decency. any person part of what other than is conspiracy would have done anything they could to help law enforcement. people like you do a good job and esther pan niche was involved in the case tangentially, that is tough hurdle to get over. jon: there was a moment, ashley, where the prosecution put a witness on the stand, a friend of andrea. >> er. the defense ends up mocking here and suggesting she is trying out for a tv show, the real housewives of atlanta. how did that play with the jury?

>> i think both attorneys actually did a really good job with closing arguments but this case has been so watered down by inendos and the state essentially trying to prove schneiderman is a bad person because she cheated on her husband. the issue is not whether or not she is bad person and whether or not the witnesses are bad people and case wanted to be public and hello their own reality tv careers in the process. the case is whether or not andrea schneiderman lieded to the police. all these other facts are coming in the trial to muddy the waters. that is typical in trials. i hope the jury can focus in on what the actual issue is. >> the jury is deliberating today. if we get a verdict we'll certainly let our viewers know about it. we want to take you to another case making headlines. you probably have seen "judge judy" on tv. she has a son who is a district attorney in putnam county new york, north of new york city. he is suing the local sheriff

for $5 million. "judge judy"'s son, adam levy said sheriff donald smith made false claims, he, levy, interfered with a child rape case against levy's friend and former personal trainer. smith denies the allegations. claims levy had ongoing and improper involvement in the case. earlier this week "judge judy" herself issued this statement, calling her son, principled, honorable and dedicated. this is a weird case. the county attorney, "judge judy"'s son, suing the sheriff but suing him as an individual. why, fred? >> well, for a couple of reasons. i love "judge judy" and i love judge alex. that is where i get most of my legal education from watching both of those two. jon: i doubt that. >> they made the decision to sue this guy personally so the county wouldn't have to pay. this is defamation suit, jon. this is tough case in defamation case. "judge judy"'s son is public figure, for him to win he has to

show actual malice. heed that to show that the sheriff made these statements knowing they were false. what hurt the sheriff, he published this guy's home address the district attorney which i thought was completely out of bounds. jon: the friend, former personal train hears been charged with very serious stuff here. charged with raping a 3-year-old girl. again he was close to "judge judy"'s son of the doesn't that blow back somehow on the prosecutor? >> well the prosecutor did what he was supposed to do. he recused himself in this case. the sheriff has made some blanket allegations maybe this prosecutor had some undue influence in the case but he never said anything specific. what he is specifically did to exert undue influence. really prosecutor did what he should do. he stepped back on this case and said i know this guy. i can't be fair. i can't be i am parkal. bring someone else in. jon: there was a friend, another fellow prosecutor, who was running for sheriff.

now he's out of the race of the doesn't that have something to do with it? >> i think this is political. i think this case is totally politically motivated, whether or not he sued, what the states were, i think this is all something having to do with politics probably better dealt with in the political arena instead of in a civil lawsuit. >> you know what, they say politics makes strange bedfellows. the bottom line the sheriff, i think his actions were out of line and arguably defamtory. and he did it for political purposes as well. the pox on both their homes. jon: fred tecce, ashley thank you, ashley merchant. we appreciate. >> thank you. >> thanks for having me. alisyn: back to politics, president obama recently claimed that the gop has yet to offer an alternative plan to obamacare but republicans have been working on more that one replacement idea for quite some time. which one is it? chief national correspondent james angle joins us from washington. hi, jim. >> reporter: hello, alisyn. president obama recently

criticized republicans for trying to roll back obamacare without offering any alternatives. listen. >> they used to say we'll replace it with something better. there is not even a pretense now that they're going to replace it with something better. >> for the president to say no republican member of congress has put up a positive solution or a solution to the health care challenges is simply not true. >> reporter: dr. price has his own plan introduced before obamacare even passed. and he isn't the only one. listen. >> i think the president has an incredibly short memory. he seems to have forgotten his campaign spent millions and millions of dollars attacking the john mccape health plan. >> reporter: after the campaign, that plan was cosponsored in both houses of congress by senator tom coburn and congressman paul ryan. >> it would grant a refundable tax credit to every american that would treat us all the same unlike obamacare. it would not discourage employers from hiring anyone.

it would not push us all into part-time jobs. >> reporter: in fact one analyst notes most republican plans including the price plan aim to give every american the same tax benefit that those who get tax-free employer provided get but put power and money under the individual's control. listen. >> if you boss control your health care spending your boss chooses your insurance. if the government controls your health care spending they get to ration care. if you control your own money you get more choice and more control over your health care dollars. >> reporter: republican plans would let individuals decide what kind ever insurance they want while obamacare dictates must people must buy. republicans make clear they do indeed have alternatives including ways to protect those with preexisting conditions in spite of the president's comments. alisyn. alisyn: jim angle. thanks for explaining all of that.

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jon: brand new stories coming up next hour. live pictures out of cairo and a stunning new twist in egypt's military takeover. we're learning new details about the man who orchestrated the ousting of former president mohammed morsi and his ties to the u.s. jennifer griffin is on that story for us. plus the head of the environmental protection agency announcing new plans to bypass congress and move ahead with the president's climate change agenda. this despite fierce opposition from the gop.

we'll tell you what is up there. heavy rain prompts a flash flood warning in parts of the midwest where the storm could be headed next? coming up. alisyn: actress lisa robin kelly has died. the troubled actress rose to fame as laurie foreman on "that '70s show." julie banderas is live in new york with the fox 441. >> tragic end to the actress's life. the manager said the 43-year-old actress died wednesday at rehab facility in california. according to "tmz," lisa robin kelly played the older sister on "that '70s show." she passed away in her sleep. she had a dozen stints in rehab. the most recent this past week after her boyfriend took her to a hospital on sunday with nearly lethal .34 blood-alcohol level. her manager tells "fox 411" she voluntarily checked herself into rehab and was determined to

clean herself up, saying she had been battling addiction problems that plagued her these past few years and was quote, hopeful putting this part of her life behind her. she lost the battle. her co-star danny masterson, tweeted, terrible, awful news. brillian on '70s. sigh you next time, lrk. kisses. in the past three years kelly we should mention was arrested four times for dui, spousal abuse an assault. she most recently fill off the wagon with a dispute with her estranged husband robert gillem. they say he beat her last may about residuals from the show. she served 35 days in jail. lisa filed for divorce in july. her new boyfriend is coming out saying blaming her estranged husband for the relapse that eventually led to her back in rehab on monday where she went into cardiac arrest on wednesday night and couldn't be saved,

alisyn. alisyn: at diction problems can be so tough to fight. julie banderas thanks. new violence setting the scene for a showdown in egypt today. muslim brotherhood calling for a "day of rage," while the egyptian government calls for use of deadly force against those protesters. the latest on the violence coming up. are booze and caffeine really off limits to pregnant women? one woman says the conventional wisdom is all wrong. she joins us next. female announcer: when you see this truck,

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alisyn: listen up, ladies, right now, new questions about the age-old rules of pregnancy. a new book is challenging the ancient wisdom says alcohol, caffeine and exercise are things to reject when you are expecting. so joining to us debate this is

university of chicago economist emily oster. she is author of, expecting better. why the conventional pregnancy wisdom is wrong and what you really need to know. and doctor carla, ob/gyn at hackensack university medical center. thanks for being here. >> thank you. >> thanks for having me. alisyn: emily, you're causing quite a little watercooler buzz around here with women who have been pregnant. you make a lost claims that blow up conventional wisdom. let's go through one by one and let the doctor fact check you. you say in your book, the pregnant woman can have a glass of wine every day. really? >> first thing to emphasize, heavy or binge drinking is definitely something that women should avoided. i think we all agree on that. when i look at the evidence i found that there is tremendous amount of observational data and good studies, high quality studies that show having occasional glass of wine does

not have the same kinds of impacts. >> occasional glass of wine, but not every day? >> so the evidence suggests that drinking at that level isn't actually a problem. that is actually, that is actually a level that is common and, in europe. alisyn: okay. doctor, do you agree that women can have a glass of wine every day while pregnant. >> i agree they can have a glass of wine every day while pregnant because there is no evidence to suggest that it is absolutely harmful but i would caution women, against going ahead and relaxing and having a glass of wine because that can lead to two glasses of wine. if anything i would err on the side of caution. and i would decrease drinking. if one glass is your usual per day. i would decrease it while i'm pregnant. alisyn: okay. next thing, emily, that you claim flies in the face of conventional wisdom you say there is nothing to fear from sushi. what about all the mercury? we hear the studies you can't

have tuna or swordfish or many fish because of high levels of mercury you don't want transferred to your fetus. what do you say? >> yeah, fascinating. so it is true that mercury is bad for your fetus and that's the very good reason to avoided large fish but at the same time, omega 3s are good for your baby's i.q. and those are the same, those are found in the same kinds of fish that have a lot of mercury. you're facing a little bit of a trayoff. what are you in the book you want to have fish which are low in mercury but high in oy mega3s like herring, sardines, oily fish we're not eating a lot of but should have more. alisyn: those are the not fish found at sushi bars. >> no. alisyn: doctor, do you think you could eat sushi free and clear when you're pregnant? >> absolutely you can have sushi. there is entire nation called japan that eat sushi frequently. i wouldn't go crazy. i wouldn't have sushi every day for lunch. it is something you do in moderation. you do have to keep in mind

mercury levels of certain fish. i would just refer to the cdc website every now and again just so you're educated and up-to-date what's going on with mercury levels. alisyn: quickly i want to get to one that really took me aback when i read, emily, what you say the research suggests. in your book you say there is no evidence that bed rest is helpful in preventing or treating any complication of pregnancy. women are assigned bed rest all the time by their doctors. how can it not help? >> so, we just dope have any evidence that it does. i think it is important to remember that it's true a lot of women who go on bed rest have their babies not prematurely and that is also true for women that don't go on bed rest. when we look at randomized studies there is no evidence any complications which this is shown to be beneficial. even has some negative impacts like muscle atrophy. alisyn: because i want to confirm this.

doctor, no beneficial outcome for bed rest for pregnant women? >> in general this is something doctors have known. bed rest is something we tell our patients because you're treating them psychologically as well as physically. in many cases bed rest is to treat the patient's anxiety. it doesn't really do much. we know that. alisyn: that was a mind-blower. thanks so much, ladies for brushing all these myths. doctor, and emily, your new book is provocative and a great read. thanks for coming in. >> thanks so much. alisyn: jon? jon: this is anything but a morning jog. a woman darting into traffic, getting run over nearly, several times. we'll tell you what she was up to. also we're following the deadly violence in egypt. reports of dozens killed just today. gunfire erupting on the streets as military unleashes tear gas and other weaponry on pro-morsi protesters.

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jon: the death toll rising as reports of live gunfire being used to disperse protesters in cities across egypt. the curfews and military force, the government's latest efforts to contain this day of rage. the republican national committee votes to exclude networks from upcoming presidential debates, and the senate's most senior lawmaker promising to hold hearings on the nsa's rev of rations -- revelations that it has violated rules by spying on americans. what was the agency trying to find out, and what did it do with the information? ♪ ♪ jon: first, our top story, the death toll rising as the crisis this egypt gets ever deeper. i'm jon scott. alisyn: and i'm allison

camarota, welcome to the second hour of "happening now," there are new reports of at least 50 people dead today. members of the muslim brotherhood taking to the streets, promising a day of rage. this is all in response to a bloody crackdown on support user of ousted -- on supporters of ousted president mohamed morsi, and that has already killed 600 people. washington, d.c., obviously, keeping a very close eye on all of this. jon: national security correspondent jennifer griffin is live at the pentagon, so how is the pentagon reacting, jennifer? >> reporter: well, secretary of defense chuck hagel had a telephone call with a general yesterday, he has been the administration's diplomatic point man on egypt. the pentagon called off the bright star joint military exercise more slated for next month late last night the egyptian government put out a statement saying that president obama did not have all the facts about what was happening in egypt right now. [gunfire] >> 38 churches and cathedrals

have been burned down. this is huge. >> the brotherhood are trying to impose a taliban-like state, and the majority of egyptians do not want to live under that taliban state. that's the essence of the equation in egypt today. >> reporter: on the other hand, the egyptian military is responsible for most of those deaths, those 600 deaths. they have positioned snipers throughout the city of cairo to try and remove the pro-morsi protesters from those squares, and in the process there's more violence today. jon: and there is an egyptian army general calling the shots right now, essentially. what can you tell us about him? >> reporter: many americans may not be aware of this, jon, but general abdul fattah assisi studied at the u.s. army war college in carlyle, pennsylvania, in 2006. he was brought here to study democracy, of all things. in fact, that is what he wrote about while he was there. he encountered at the army war college many of the returning u.s. officers who were coming

back from a bruising experience in iraq. he was known as a quiet sphinx-like student. the general was trained by the americans, given a chance to study at a preeminent war college and wrote the following, quote: >> that was a quote from the 11-pae paper that he produced while he was at the u.s. army war college back in 2006. none of his professors at the time thought he would be the next strongman of egypt, jon. jon: wow. jennifer griffin at the pentagon, jennifer, thank you. alisyn: meanwhile, there's brand new evidence that shows the highly-secretive national security agency spying on everyday, law-abiding americans, and it happens thousands of times a year. the nsa admits breaking privacy

rules and overstepping its authority, but it says, don't worry, it was all an honest mistake. nsa tells fox news, quote: alisyn: peter brooks is a senior fellowr national security affairs at the heritage foundation and a former cia operative. peter, thanks for being here. >> good to be here. alisyn: the disclosures we learned today came from edward snowden sharing them with "the washington post." "the washington post" has now published them, and they are eye-popping. basically, what they have found is what everyone feared when the nsa program first came to light, and that is that this happened thousands of times to ordinary americans -- sometimes by mistake -- but it's much broader in scoab than we had thought. >> i don't think we should necessarily be surprised by

this. the fact is, there's human intervention in this program, and because of that there's going to be human error. but we don't want to throw out the baby with the bath water here. i mean, people are going to pick away at this nsa program and perhaps neuter it, and then we're going to have some real problems with counterterrorism. don't forget what we've seen, you know, nsa told us they've stopped as many as 50 plots because of this program here. the program is under continual oversight. maybe it needs more and, in fact, the information that came out today in "the washington post," it seems to me, was an internal investigation, not an external investigation. the inspector general of, be ig, was -- the ig, was policing itself. anytime you have a program where people are involved in it, there are going to be mistakes. alisyn: sure. but anytime you have an agency policing itself or if the policing doesn't work, for instance, let me give you an example, you know the foreign intelligence surveillance court, okay? that's what's supposed to be overseeing the nsa program. here's what "the washington

post" revealed, it has authority over some operations, it did not learn about their new collection med until it had been in operation for many months. obviously, the policing method is not working. >> that's not necessarily true. i mean, that's a particular case, but think about the number of, the amount of information that is corrected every day, and you talk about this small number of cases. now, i'm not trying to minimize the civil liberties thing here at all. but from a national security perspective, you do have to put this into perspective, and you talk about the amount of data they're looking at, the challenges, the threats that we're facing, that errors are going to be made and that you need continual congressional oversight, judicial oversight, executive branch oversight. alisyn: sure, and mistakes have been made. i hear what you're saying, obviously, there does need to be a balance. they claim that they swepted, as you point out, 50 terrorist attacks. we don't know, they didn't

provide much information, but here's what we do know, "the washington post" looked at the months worth of the nsa documents and found that there were 2,776 incidents of unauthorized or illegal oversight. most of which were unintentional, in other words, they made mistakes, as you said, there was human error. for instance, they plugged in the wrong area code. so they thought that they were overseeing or listening in on a call to egypt but, in fact, it was a 202 area code which was washington, d.c.. >> that's right. alisyn: so they were listening in in 2,000 or more conversations that they weren't supposed to be intercepting. >> and what was the universe though? what was the total number of possibilities that they could, that this could have happened to? billions? you know, hundreds of billions? i mean, when you talk about 2,000 incidences, and like i said, i don't want to minimize the reports of civil liberties -- alisyn: in one year. >> yeah, but out of how many

possible cases could that have happened in. it's a very big number. if you look at it in absolute terms, yeah, that's something to be concerned about, but with that out of, you know, the potential of 100 billion cases? alisyn: okay, you're making the same point that president obama made when people were expressing anxiety over this program. >> oh, thanks. alisyn: let's listen to what president obama had to say about the nsa program at his press conference a few days ago. >> all right. >> i am comfortable that the program currently is not being abused. i'm comfortable that if the american people examined exactly what was taking place, how it was being used, what the safeguards were, that they would say, you know what? these folks are following the law and doing what they say they're doing. alisyn: sounds like you agree, peter. >> well, i'm not going to channel president obama, and i'm sure he wouldn't want me to. but the fact of the matter is you have to also look at intentional violations of this

or mistaken violations. i'm not a lawyer either. but, i mean, you though what i'm getting at here. do people do this on purpose or accident? and when you're dealing with so many possibilities here and so much data, errors are going to be made. now, that's not to say that we shouldn't, congress shouldn't look at this program more closely to make sure we minimize that or even get rid of it if that's possible considering human beings are involved. but what i'm saying is don't forget about the threat we're facing. look at egypt, look at syria, we closed embassies in 17 countries last week, and don't forget about the boston bombing. this is an important counterterrorism tool that we don't want to throw out because there have been some errors made. alisyn: of course, it didn't prevent the boston bombing, sadly. so, yes, there must be a happy medium, we just haven't don't found it yet. peter brooks, thanks so much more your expertise. jon: the head of the epa announcing new plans to move ahead with the president's climate change agenda, the obama

administration will bypass be congress to develop a federal response. other regulations affecting the coal industry already have sidelined capitol hill. doug mckelway live in washington with that. so it sounds, doug, like this is full speed ahead for the administration's regulatory agenda against fossil fuels. >> reporter: yeah, that's right, jon. president obama said he would not wait for congress earlier this summer, and epa administrator gina mccarthy reaffirmed it this week in boulder, colorado. >> he said that he wasn't going to wait for congress, but that he had administrative authorities, and it was, it was time to start utilizing those more effectively in a more concerted way. >> reporter: that that push comes as the epa's regulatory agenda hit a huge headwind this week. in a lawsuit, a federal judge ruled that epa response to foia requests seeking information about alias e-mail accounts, quote:

>> that ruling means that landmarkn now depose senior epa officials. a day after that ruling, two members of congress -- darrell issa and senator david vitter -- wrote lisa jackson demanding all of her personal e-mails over the last four years that relate to her official duties. they said in that letter, quote: >> epa officials have said that the alias accounts were used to prevent being overwhelmed we mails from the public, john. jon: and the interior secretary has had remarkable things to say about global warming of late. >> reporter: yeah. it's reflective of what critics say is administration arrogance about any dissent in the global warming event. listen up to what sally jewel had to say. >> i hope there are no climate change deniers in the department

of the interior. if you don't believe in it, come out into the resources, go on to some blm land, go up to alaska where the perm ma frost is melting, go into the sierra which used to retain a lot more water in its frozen form. >> reporter: but dissent is growing. it is prompted in part by new measurements that show global warming has basically stalled for the last 15 years, and there's a lot more to it. jon, back to you. jon: doug mckelway in washington, thanks. alisyn: jon, there is an alarming new study that finds the obesity epidemic is worse than expected. how the findings in this study could save your life. stay tuned for that. plus, a teenage athlete paralyzed from the waist down barred from the paraolympic world championships for being not disabled enough. why the medal-winning swimmer says she's really being kept out of the pool. and the republican party today voting to ban two networks from participating in the presidential primary debates.

our news watch panel will weigh this in on that decision and whether it's likely to help or hurt the gop. ♪ ♪

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alisyn: let's take a look at some courts making headlines. army prosecutors getting one more chance to present evidence that private first class bradley manning deserves a long prison sentence for leaking u.s. secrets to wikileaks. manning faces up to 90 years in prison. and the athlete known as the blade runner, oscar distore yous, will be indicted on monday, and his trial is scheduled for early 2014. the double amputee is accused of murdering his girlfriend. he says he shot her because he mistook her for an intruder. and the federal trial of james "whitey" bulger over,

prosecutors will determine whether charges could be brought against him and his associates on the state level. bulger was convicted monday of racketeering and 11 murders. jon: there's growing outrage today over a decision to bar a young athlete from the paraolympics. a committee ruling that victoria arland cannot compete because she basically is not disabled enough. this despite her being confined to a wheelchair since she was 11 years old. rick leventhal in our new york newsroom with this very unusual story. >> reporter: jon, according to the rules, anyone competing in the paraolympics swimming world championships must be permanently disabled. so victoria was ruled ineligible because one doctor suggested there's a slight chance she might one day walk again. victoria was struck with a pair of rare neurological disorders as a child that put her in a coma and left her paralyzed from the waist down.

eventually, this 18-year-old from new hampshire got back in the pool and began competitive swimming, and at last year's paraolympics in the london she won a gold medal and silver medals in three other races. but after a doctor said if she got years of physical therapy she might be able to walk again, she was banned. she told "fox & friends" she's been penalized >> i slipped into a coma if for about three years and had to, basically, relearn how to do everything from talking to moving, and then also learning how to use a wheelchair and get through life through a wheelchair. so it's been quite the journey of, you know, coming back from, you know, being at death's door about three times and being in a coma to getting back into school and getting babbling into sports -- getting back into sports. >> reporter: the decision to ban came too late for her to appeal, just before the games started this past monday in montreal. that's when the ipc ruled her condition might not be

permanent. after reviewing her medical report, the ipc says its assessment and its diagnosis fail to provide sufficient evidence of an eligible impairment leading to permanent or verifiable activity limitationing which is required under the ipc's swimming classification rules and regulations. >> my condition, it hasn't changed. i've been paralyzed for seven years, and if anything, you know, my condition has worsened a little bit. >> reporter: victoria calls the decision shocking and bizarre, and new hampshire's governor calls it nothing short of disgraceful. he and other state leaders are calling on the committee to reevaluate this case, jon. jon: well, she has a great attitude, but what an awful story. >> reporter: it's really disappointing. she's been training for years. jon: yeah, wow. >> reporter: and she's missing the games. they're going on right now. jon: sounds like somebody is sticking too closely to the rules. rick, thank you. alisyn: well, environmentalists are fighting several projects that would allow u.s. oil to

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jon: right now new information on some political stories we're keeping an eye on. former vermont governor howard dean heading to iowa later this month, slated to headline an event for a labor group there putting new focus on a possible 2016 white house run. house oversight committee chairman darrell issa threatens to subpoena the irs over its handling of tax subsidies under

the president's health care law. and new problems for embattled san diego mayor bob filner as a 67-year-old great grandfather claims he forcibly kissed her leading to calls for his resignation. filner so far refuses to step aside. ♪ ♪ alisyn: energy and america locked in a battle against oil trains. environmentalists are fighting to stop new projects that would allow the u.s. to reduce its dependence on foreign oil and create thousands of much-needed jobs, but there is a risk. dan springer is live in seattle. tell us about the stakes here. >> reporter: well, of course, whenever you talk about oil, there's a lot at stake. you've got tax revenue, jobs, gas prices, and green groups say global warming, and that's why they're fighting hard to stop the transportation of oil by train. pipeline is still by far the

most common way to move oil, but rail is seeing a major expansion thanks to a big increase in oil production in north dakota. in fact, in the first quarter of this year, there was a 166% jump in the number of oil cars over 2012. there are plans to eventually bring 800,000 perils a day -- barrels a day to seaports in washington state and oregon. the biggest project would be the port of vancouver along the columbia river which could bring in four trains a day carrying 260,000 barrels of oil. it would generate millions of dollars and more. >> upwards of 120-140 'em innocent jobs paying good wages, perhaps as much as 50-$60,000 a year plus benefits. >> reporter: and supporters also point out it would lessen our dependence on foreign oil. alisyn: but, of course, dan, the critics have some strong ammunition on their side. what's that?

>> reporter: well, that's right. it was provided, the biggest one was provided by the recent disaster of a train wreck in quebec. part of a town was destroyed, and 47 people were killed last month in a fire triggered by an oil car that exploded. the rail company is pointing to human error, but the investigation continues, and one aspect they're looking into is whether the oil which came from the bakken fields in north dakota is actually possibly more explosive than other oil fields. >> typically, we use tanker vessels and pipelines, and now we're looking at absolutely astonishing increases this the way we move oil by train, and that's something i would suspect most communities are not prepared for. >> reporter: washington state's democratic governor jay inslee will have the final say on the vancouver project and the other one slated for washington state and, of course, there's a democratic governor in oregon, so these two states bleed green. we'll see if they side with environmental groups or the jobs. lots of jobs at stake here. alisyn: right. they may be caught in the middle

here. dan springer, thanks so much. jon: we are following the developing situation in egypt, chaos erupting over a day of rage. the latest on the deadly violence unfolding by the minute. also, a danger wildfire in utah, flames shooting nearly 80 feet into the air. we're live in the fox extreme weather center with a look at what forecasters expect, coming up.

jon: now for some developing

stories, newly uncovered documents insist secret surveillance programs are not violating our privacy. turns out the nsa was breaking pryce rules thousands of times a year. another day of deadly violence in egypt where security forces have a green light to use live ammunition. dozens of deaths are being reported in cairo as armed citizens join security forces to fight supporters of the muslim brotherhood. and a couple of run-ins with bears leaving four people injured, one grizzly attacking two hikers in yellowstone national park, another grizzly biting two forestry workers 70 miles away in idaho. alisyn: extreme weather is hitting some parts of the country. there's heavy rain and winds knocking down trees and power lines in kansas while dry conditions make it even harder for crews to control a massive wildfire burning in utah. rick reichmuth is live from the fox weather center.

>> reporter: we have a lot of drought across parts of the west, and that's the biggest thing fueling these fires. temperatures have also been extremely warm, but this fire around the park city area, 50% containment now, so that's good news. it's a rell thetively small -- relatively small fire, it just has impacted a number of residential structures, and that's the problem. a lot of fires burning across areas of the west because of that drought. we have red flag warnings and be a fire weather watch across northeastern parts of nevada. but take a look at these temperatures, 100 in billings, 101 in salt lake city. these temps are about 10-15 degrees above average, looks like we're going to stay in that range through wednesday or thursday of this week. this right here is a little bit of a rotation in the tropics can with all this cloud covering entering the gulf of mexico, possible for a little bit of tropical development can. i don't think we're going to be looking agent a strong storm, but we're going to see that moisture in towards the southeast and, these areas, i

tell you what, have barely had a summer. more weekend all weekend long, that means they're in for flooding. alisyn: thanks, rick. >> reporter: you bet. jon: we told you about it in our first hour, a major decision now by i the republican party that will affect the 2016 presidential campaign race. the rnc today unanimously approving a resolution that would bar two networks -- cnn and nbc -- from participating in the party's primary debates. why? because those two networks are planning to produce be and air programs about hillary clinton. the rnc believes the networks lean liberal and are trying to tip the political scales in favor of democrats and perhaps the former secretary of state and first lady in particular. let's go to our fox news watch panel now, judy miller is an investigative reporter and author, kirsten powers, a columnist for the daily beast.

perhaps no surprise that the rnc voted this way, kirsten, but what do you think about the rationale behind it? >> look, i understand that they're concerned because they feel the media is biased against them, but i have to say we don't even really know what the miniseries is going to be like. miniseries tends to be sort of salacious, so we could assume they probably would bring up some things about the past of hillary and bill clinton that they probably don't want people to be reminded of. of so i wouldn't assume this is necessarily going to be as the rnc has claimed, a just basically an advertisement for hillary clinton. that said, it makes sense for them to protest it because they don't, they really want fewer debates anyway, because the debates really ended up battering the candidates last time around. so in the end it's probably a win/win for them. of. jon: so a spokesperson for cnn actually issued a statement very similar to yours suggesting that, you know, the research hasn't been done on these

prompts, the scripts haven't been written, and she suggests that people should wait and see the actual, you know, project before decisions like these are made. judy, what do you think? should the entertainment divisions of these news companies or of these networks be in the business of promoting a presidential candidate? >> well, they're in the business of getting ratings and making money, and hillary clinton is certainly someone whom people are curious about. the clintons just go on and on and on. and i think it's just actually silly for the republican party to do this, because first of all, we're talking about movies that are going to come out in 2014, second of all, you know, the election last time i checked is a long time away, though it may feel like it's forever. the other thing is charles levinson who's going to be doing the cnn documentary which is not a miniseries, is a fist class, first rate, very hard-hitting journalist-reporter-producer who

won all kinds of prizes for inside jobs. his look at the financial crisis and also iraq. so i'm not sure that hillary clinton can be assured of a kind of puffball documentary. she, after all, has to answer some questions about benghazi among other issues. so i don't necessarily see why the republicans are getting so hysterical. jon: so you think, judy, it makes them look petty? >> yes, i do. i mean, i understand why you'd want to do it for fund raising, but i really think they should just calm down. jon: kirsten, typically republicans are, you favor of free markets and, you know, lack of government control, that kind of thing. are they maybe voting against their own principles in trying to punish these networks? >> well, it's not the government, it's the rnc, so that's, you know, it's not like they're passing a resolution against, you know, the networks doing this kind of stuff. so, you know, i would generally agree with what judy said except for the fact that i do think they would like to cut down on

the number of debates. so if it's in their interest, then it makes sense. if it wasn't for that, then i would say, yes, this is just really hysterical, and there's no point to it and really, honestly, hillary clinton has never really gotten that great of press. you know, sort of recently she's gotten a pass on benghazi from most of the networks, but for the most part people have been pretty critical of her. so i would just echo what judy said which is wait and see what it's actually going to show, because i wouldn't be so sure that it's going to be this puff piece. jon: well, but, judy, nobody's talking about doing feature films on marco rubio or any of the other potential presidential candidates from the republican side. >> well, not yet. give it a chance. look, i think the republicans did great damage to themselves, as kirsten said, by having so many debates in the last go around, and i think fewer debates is probably in their interest, but i would have just been happier if they'd said

fewer debates are in our interest rather than cnn and nbc are liberal-leaning and we're worried about this. i just think that's silly and also, by the way, not consistent with republican dedication to a free press. jon: yep. we will see if this ban on those networks holds. a lot could change between now and the campaign season. judy miller, kirsten ours, thank you both. catch more when i host fox news watch this weekend. we cover the coverage of the week's top stories saturday, 2:30 eastern right here on fox news channel. alisyn: the growing problem of obesity, why your risk of death may be much higher than you originally thought. [ male announcer ] running out of steam? ♪ now you can give yourself a kick in the rear! v8 v-fusion plus energy. natural energy from green tea plus fruits and veggies. need a little kick? ooh! could've had a v8. in the juice aisle. [ crashing ]

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song "blurred lines," one of the hottest hits of the summer. according to the hollywood reporter, pop star robin thicke and his trio are filing a suit against the family of marvin gaye and others to prevent expected litigation over a copyright infringement. at issue, similarities between "blurred lines" and marvin gaye's "got to give it up." ♪ ♪ jon: well, if successful, thicke's lawsuit would decide once and for all whether gaye's family has a copyright interest. alisyn: well, a shocking new report finds that obesity kills more americans than previously thought. one in five be americans die

thousand from obesity, and just being overweight accounts for 18% of deaths in this country. originally scientists put that number around 5%. let's bring in dr. david samadi, chair of urology at lennox hill hospital. great to see you. >> nice to see you. alisyn: the numbers are staggering, one in five americans will die from obesity, previously thought it was just 5%. what happened? >> obviously, this is not good news. we've been talking about this for a long time. before we get into all of these numbers and details, i really want you and the audience to really understand what obesity is about. so cosmetically, obviously, everyone would see the fat around the belly, but what really happens inside the body is a totally different thing. you have the fat that can sit around the kidney, and it pushes the kidney so now you cannot get rid of all the sodium in the body. what happens? you're already a physician by now. that's when the blood pressure starts to go up.

so people end up with high blood pressure. obesity in the fat can affect the muscles, so now all of a sudden the insulin doesn't work. what happens? diabetes. so now you have high blood pressure, diabetes. same amount of fat can sit around the liver, and it would block the cholesterol to be worked through the filter in the liver, so what do we have now? we have high cholesterol. high blood pressure, diabetes and high cholesterol, all of that together, it's called metabolic syndrome, and that's what causes march heart attack and stroke and death x. what we're seeing is obesity is really going to take a big toll on our health care. and even when the politicians talk about, you know, changing the face of health care without fixing obesity in this country -- look at the statistics we just talked about. one in five, it's on the rise. people are going to die as a result of this unless we do something about it. alisyn: the study found, it was interesting, is that it cuts across race. blacks and whites all day of

obesity. everyone is at risk for this. >> in fact, african-american females are on top of the list followed by white women, and then it's the men, so the socioeconomic plays a big role. so that's another thing. so age, race, now obesity's really becoming a true disease. 17% of our children are going to be affected by this, and it's almost becoming embedded in our culture. the way we eat, lack of exercise, lifestyle issues. so we're dealing with a series, and this is not good news. we expected about 5% mortality rate across the board, now it's 18%, and that's a huge number. so whether it's really 18% or not based on this study, it doesn't really matter. the trend is going upward, and that's not good for the whole country. al and everyone needs to get their lifestyle, diet and exercise in order. dr. david samadi, thank you so much. >> good to see you. alisyn: let's go to jon. jon: well, a great american institution providing great american leadership. for more than two centuries west

point graduates leave not only the military, they've also gone on to leadership positions in every aspect of american life. we'll talk to the co-author of a new book on the west point experience. plus, a woman making a mad dash through heavy traffic. why she was running and how this all ends, straight ahead.

♪ ♪ jon: from where i'm standing right thousand in midtown manhattan if you travel about 50 miles up the hudson river and about 200 years back in time, you arrive at the gates of west point, our nation's oldest and

finest military academy. most of you know i'm a big fan of the place, my oldest son having graduated from there and serving now in afghanistan, west point is known for producing military legends, the opposing generals in the civil war, for instance, grant and lee both graduated there. so did world war ii generals eisenhower, mac arthur and patton. general norman schwarzkopf of desert storm and martin dempsey all stood in formation at one time or another on west point's historic plain. not surprisingly, one of ike's first stops when he returned home triumphant, west point. >> west point, a parade by the summer class in battle dress. the military academy pays honor to the victorious general on a visit to his alma mater. ♪ ♪ >> general welby, superintendent of west point, as the march pays

homage to a great american, general ike. ♪ ♪ jon: well, perhaps less well known are the contributions that west point graduates have made outside the field of battle. a new book, "west point leadership," tells the stories of more than a hundred graduates and how their experiences at west point helped them lead this nation in ways you might not imagine. well, dan rice is a west point graduate, class of '88, one of those who helped put this book together. this is something new, dan, this kind of thing of all the books written about west point, and there are a bunch of them, nothing like this. >> that's correct, jon. we started this in 2010 after their leader development group was formed to train corporate leaders, and what we wanted to be able to do was to show west point leaders have not only led in the military, not only been presidents, not only been congressmen, senators, but ceos of some of our finest companies including currently the new york stock exchange, 7/eleven, foot

locker, mercedes benz, a series of companies right now, johnson & johnson, the president of medtronic is a west point graduate, and all of these are quietly leading american corporations with earth hicks, integrity and profitably. jon: the founder of aol, for instance, also somebody who graduated from west point. what is it about that institution that leads so many people to, you know, the corner offices in big corporations? >> really, it boils down to leadership, and it starts as a plebe -- jon: plebe is a fresh match. >> exactly, thank you. and although it's a military academy, it's really the premier leadership institute in the world, and that's why it's taken off in training corporate leaders at the fair leader development group, and the group now claims general electric, proctor and and gamble and many of america's top c suites come to west point for leadership training. jon: the thayer hotel pretty much on the grounds of this

academy, and that's where this leadership group gets together. >> yes, exactly. it's a 150-bed hotel right on the hudson live, the only one between new york and albany. it's a premier location 100 feet above the river. people love to come here, and we've just undergone a renovation. the place is outstanding. jon: so what are some of the surprises in this book that people might, you know -- well, not have known before, i guess. >> well, when you look at the new york stock exchange, you think about capitalism, but the leader of the new york stock exchange is marsh carter, and he finish each of these stories was written by 25 different authors, so they're all history professors or former history professors at west point, so they're really well written. there's a lot of photography, but like marsh carter, for instance, people think of the new york stock exchange for all of its glory in capitalism, but he actually started off as a lieutenant in the marine corps, and he received the nation's second highest award for valor, the navy cross.

johnson & johnson, you know, when alex war sky started, he was starting as a field artillery officer, now he runs the largest medical company in the world. jon: there was a time when i think there were more fortune 500 ceos that came out of west point than any other school including, you know, harvard business and so forth. >> absolutely. and that's where -- you know, the greatest generation were all trained using military training, and they built america into what it is after world war ii. more and more people were trained back then. nowadays few have the experience for overall military training, and that's why we think people should understand military leadership, know what it's about and then, basically, come to the fair leadership development group for training with their corporations. jon: well, this is a huge book, this thing weighs about ten pounds, i think. absolu it's a beautiful book. i love west point, obviously, love the institution, i think you've really done a great job of capturing the beauty of it. >> thank you. we were honored to be part of the project. it included 25 different authors

but about 200 people overall. jon: most of these cadet cans don't appreciate how beautiful the place is until after they get out of there, you may be one of those. >> exactly. i didn't go back for 15 years, but we'll be back this weekend, we're doing a book signing on the rooftop lounge friday, tonight and tomorrow night. jon: and where do people get it? >> leadership profiles of courage.com or at the thayer hotel. jon: dan rice, thank you. alisyn: that should be a beautiful venue tonight. meanwhile, back to our top story, police are authorized to use deadly force in the chaotic confrontations with the muslim brotherhood in egypt. a close or look at what this means for the region and the u.s., just ahead. [gunfire] the great outdoors, and a great deal. grrrr ahhh let's leave the deals to hotels.com. perfect! yep, and no angry bears.

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